Open AccessReview Article : Treatment of Bacterial Meningitis at Educational Al Hussein Hospital and Review of Antibiotics from Global Sources
Author(s) -
Amany Shakeir Jaber
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of research in science and technology(online)/international journal of research in science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-180X
pISSN - 2249-0604
DOI - 10.37648/ijrst.v12i01.004
Subject(s) - antibiotics , amoxicillin , meningitis , bacterial meningitis , medicine , cephalosporin , septic shock , intensive care medicine , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , pediatrics , biology , sepsis
The outcome of bacterial meningitis critically depends on the rapid initiation of bactericidal antibiotic therapy and adequate management of septic shock. In the main laboratory at Educational Al Hussein Hospital. antibiotics have been used to have bacteriocidal effect on bacteria and the review of empirical and specialized antibiotics for meningitis from global sources. In bacterial meningitis, the choice of an optimum initial empirical antibiotic depends on the resistance patterns. who demonstrate the use of cephalosporin groups, penicillins wth amoxicillin, according to the age groups and the amount of dose , also treatment (specific antibiotic) according to the bacterial species that causes meningitis and explains the duration. If you do not respond to this treatment, there is an alternative, this method is specialized in the elimination of meningitis.